ED THE WAR MOOSE II: THE SWEDISH RECKONING

[Intro — organ drone, slow build] 1972... The roads of Sweden ran red... They blamed the moose. They blamed Ed. [Verse 1] In the forests of Sverige where the pine trees scrape the sky A Volvo cut the treeline and a legend caught his eye Lars Gunnarsson was driving on the E4 that night He never saw Ed coming till his headlights lit the fight [Pre-Chorus] The papers called it accidents The insurance blamed the beast But Ed remembers everything And Ed will have his peace [Chorus] SWEDISH RECKONING — Ed is coming for you Lars SWEDISH RECKONING — through the pine trees, through the scars SWEDISH RECKONING — nineteen seventy two SWEDISH RECKONING — Ed remembers what you do [Verse 2] Fifty years of winter storms have sharpened Ed's resolve There's a debt unpaid in Uppsala that only hooves can solve Lars retired to Gothenburg, a cabin by the sea He thinks the past is buried but Ed won't let it be [Pre-Chorus] He polished up his antlers He crossed the frozen fjord Ed the War Moose marches And Ed will be restored [Chorus] SWEDISH RECKONING — Ed is coming for you Lars SWEDISH RECKONING — through the pine trees, through the scars SWEDISH RECKONING — nineteen seventy two SWEDISH RECKONING — Ed remembers what you do [Bridge — organ swells, spoken word over music] "They said I was the number one cause of every crash, every dent, every shattered windscreen in the whole of Sweden... In 1972. Perhaps they were right. But Lars... Lars started it." [Guitar Solo — mournful, melodic, Ghost-style lead] [Final Chorus — full ceremony, wall of organ] SWEDISH RECKONING — Ed is coming for you Lars SWEDISH RECKONING — through the pine trees, through the scars SWEDISH RECKONING — nineteen seventy two SWEDISH RECKONING — Ed remembers what you do SWEDISH RECKONING — fifty years of patience SWEDISH RECKONING — moose has no more patience SWEDISH RECKONING — Volvo in the forest SWEDISH RECKONING — Lars you should have floored it [Outro — organ fades, single hoof on gravel] *Lars... I'm here.*